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Jet’s heart was ha as they entered the house Shane wrapped an arm around her just inside the entrance “Don’t worry,” he said, kissing her “Everything will be fine”
If only she could believe him Her head tipped and she looked up into his eyes “Will it?”
“Yes Regardless of the outcome, it will be fine”
“That’s not really what I wanted to hear”
His mouth quirked “I know But I learned early that you don’t always get what you want”
His ht just find you get what you need?”
He kissed her again, ignoring the Sheenans surrounding the her go
With an easy smile, he turned away and followed Brock down the hall
Shane wasn’t nervous as he headed down the hall to Brock’s study, but he wasn’t quite as calm as he appeared, either
He’d waited years for this moment and now that it’d come, he wasn’t sure he was ready for it But then, he wasn’t sure he’d ever be ready for it Perhaps it was a good thing Jet had forced the issue
Once they were all in the study, the door closed behind Trey For a , they just took positions, conscious of the space around them
Shane had now met the at hiaze studied Shane intently
Shane would have known Brock was a Sheenan anywhere He was big like the others, and solid In his early forties now, he exuded strength and a quiet, no-nonsense confidence
“You were at the cabin at Cherry Lake” Corressive “Why?”
“I wasn’t sure if it was the place I remembered I hoped it was”
“And?” It was Brock who asked the question
Brock was definitely the big brother here, and had become the head of the Sheenan clan in the absence of their father
“It was,” Shane answered, aze “And then I went to the cerave and Grandmother’s, too”
The silence was deafening No one said anything for an endless span of time They all just looked at him
Shane opened the Bible and flipped to the page he’d shown Jet last night “This” He put his finger on the blank space “This is me” And then he handed the book to Brock
Brock didn’t even look down He just gave the Bible to Troy as standing on his right and then the Bible was passed to the other two
Shane just waited This was no longer his big revelation This was theirs He would let them control the conversation, and the questions
“I don’t understand why you’d rent the cabin Why the Cray cabin?” Trey asked
“Because it’s the only ht I had The only time I could see her hen she was at Cherry Lake, with you all”
Cor to this, ere born less than a year apart So where have you been?”
“At Flathead Lake with Grandmother until I was four, and then she died and I went into foster care” Shane was careful to keep his tone neutral He wasn’t here to be accusatory They were in no way to blame and they deserved to know the facts
It crossed Shane’s mind that they either didn’t believe him, or didn’t want to believe him
“We didn’t even see Grandmother,” Cormac said eventually
“That’s not true,” Troy answered “We’d go to the cabin at least once a year and I’m sure she came to see us”
Brock’s deep voice added, “We went to see you”
Every head turned towards him
“Mom called you a cousin She’d say, ‘your cousin Sean Cray is here to play,’ and Gra other Cray cousins, or Finley cousins, and we’d swim in the lake and Moe and just drink you in”
“I don’t remember that,” Cormac said
Trey’s forehead furrowed “I reirls and a boy Two or three years old, but he could swiirls”
Brock nodded “That was Shane” He looked to Shane “You have two names because Mom and Gram wanted to protect you They couldn’t use your birth name because Dad didn’t know that it was Gram who adopted you He was told you ith a fa But Gram took you and raised you, and then she had a heart attack and there was no way Mo you home And she was never the same after that”